Vulgar, but not as vulgar as Louis Vuitton, thought Sherman.

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.

Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her

The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to...

It’s excellence in leadership when everyone wants to manufacture a black shoe and you manufacture a designer black shoe with gold medal on top. Do something new; do something better!

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.

Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently

I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.

You don’t get to decide the truth. Other people have their own experiences, just as valid. This is easy to forget. Your slice of life seems so large and unmistakeable, like a mirage of wholeness...

Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English–but are great in remembering signs

When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.

I had a dual role: designer and advocate.

Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.

I’m a designer. I’m trying to design a half a person, but I’m looking for a business partner, a female who’ll contribute the other 50% to the design and make it not only complete, but...

Music gives color to the air of the moment.

Stuff your brain with knowledge.

I’m not a designer, I’m an inventor.

If you are a Designer you should design dreams not clothes

Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.

If I was a fashion designer just following trends or designing for celebrities, I would not be fulfilled.

The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine

I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.

No designer has really wowed me yet, I’m into other people’s recommendations when it comes to fashion.

I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.

I do my job like I breathe — so if I can’t breathe I’m in trouble.

Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.

For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them

Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests

Right now I’d say my favorite fashion designer is Zac Posen.

Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.

The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children.

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.

People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me,...

In a timepiece, a sweep of a second hand is so slim in a way that it doesn’t wait for no man, and that’s why we choose to conceive things from the heart.

There is no better designer than nature.

The elegance is as physical, as moral quality that has nothing common with the clothing. You can see a countrywoman more elegant than one so called elegant woman.

We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.

Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.

The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration.

It’s a cute little studio apartment that has just what I need: a bed, a couch, a table, a chair, and a coffee-maker.

Een kunstenaar is een designer die kan aantonen dat hij geleden heeft.

I had an interview once with some German journalist—some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists—maybe a week after—and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She...

Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.

cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt...

I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.

There are two characters in me: a doodler and a tuner. And the only thing that makes me go crazy is when they both fight for their turn.

I want to be the world’s safest fashion designer. And I always wear my seatbelt, especially when I’m in the car.

Forgiveness isn’t something I’m preoccupied with — turning the other cheek isn’t my trip.

A respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul